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To: Beowulf9

"The geography of Indonesia is dominated by volcanoes that are formed due to subduction zones between the Eurasian plate and the Indo-Australian plate. Some of the volcanoes are notable for their eruptions, for instance, Krakatau for its global effects in 1883,[1] Lake Toba for its supervolcanic eruption estimated to have occurred 74,000 Before Present which was responsible for six years of volcanic winter,[2] and Mount Tambora for the most violent eruption in recorded history in 1815.[3]"

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_volcanoes_in_Indonesia

17 posted on 11/29/2010 5:06:06 AM PST by ETL (ALL (most?) of the Obama-commie connections at my FR Home page: http://www.freerepublic.com/~etl/)
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To: ETL

in prehistory there was Toba, now lake toba, a huge caldera which is missing on this map.

they say that the human race was brought down to 4 digits numbers due to its eruption around 73,000 BP.


20 posted on 11/29/2010 5:22:07 AM PST by Vaquero (Dont pick a fight with an old guy. If he is too old to fight, he'll just kill you.)
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To: ETL

This is fabulous. Sumatra is a hotbed, I expect it would never happen, but what if say 1/4 or 1/2 of these volcanoes erupted at once?

Great place to understand the mechanisms of volcanic activity.


26 posted on 11/29/2010 6:41:51 AM PST by Beowulf9
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